This trilogy is perfect for those who like to escape from reality and enjoy action, fantasy and romance all rolled into one.
Book review – “Being Emily” by Rachel Gold (Bella Books 2012) – available from Glasgow Women’s Library I was sniffing about the fiction section of the library while waiting […]
The following review has been submitted by Glasgow Women’s Library volunteer Kath Kane as part of the Mixing the Colours: Women Speaking About Sectarianism project. If you would like to find […]
Elizabeth Taylor is well-respected by other authors such as Antonia Fraser, Hilary Mantel and Anne Tyler. The latter has likened her to Jane Austen, a comparison I can see, particularly in A view of the harbour which examines the minutiae of everyday life.
Bringing the hidden history of such women to the forefront is exactly what Glasgow Women’s Library is all about, and this is a weighty contribution to that aim.
“All Made Up” by Janice Galloway is the second installation of an autobiography of the author’s early life, and this one focuses on her teenage and young adult years, forming […]
From the Mixing the Colours collection: “The Twelfth Day of July” by Joan Lingard (1970) is the first in the “Kevin and Sadie” book series, concerning a group of young […]
In the second part of my review I will now discuss the concept of abuse and its relationship with autism and gender .I believe fervently that the connection between both […]
The concept of Intersectionality has seldom been considered in Autistic research to its discredit. In the new book `Ultraviolet Voices-Stories of Women on the Autism Spectrum` this has set right […]
Good times, Bad Times: Women With Learning Disabilities Telling Their Stories is a book by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities(BILD) published in 2000[…] In this review I will discuss some of the areas explored by theme in the book. The first area is that of unfairness which looks at work and sexual abuse and the second is fighting back which considers activism.
